Ski edging



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/ 20l 50/ JOL )4 /a/ 2a /2 32 Patented Apr. 17, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKI EDGING Arthur Wright Shultz, Sun Valley, Idaho Application September 28, 1949, Serial No. 118,436

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural "refinements in edgings for skis, and the principal object of the invention is to eliminate shearing of screws whereby edgings are secured to a ski, this object being achieved by the provision of means for connecting together end portions of adjacent edgings inv such manner that they present, together with the connecting means, a smooth outer surface, devoid of screw heads or other protuberances.

An improvement feature of the invention,

' therefore, resides in the provision of the conarrangement and construction of parts as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary underside plan view of a ski with edgings constructed in accordance with the teachings of the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional detail. taken substantially on the plane of the line 2 2V in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view, taken substantially on the plane of the line 3 3 in Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a group perspective view of the components of the invention.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specication and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the general reference character I!! designates a ski provided in bottom longitudinal edge portions-thereof with lelongated and open-sided channels I2 to accommodate a set of metallic edging strips I4.

The instant invention concerns itself particu-` larly with the provision of means for connecting adjacent end portions of the strips I4, it being understood, of course, that intermediate portions of the strips are secured in the channels I2 by suitable screws I S in the conventional manner.

The edging strip connecting means consists of an elongated socket I8 which has its base portion 20 secured by a suitable screw 24 in a depression or seat 26 provided in the ski I 0 intermediate thef'ends of the channel I2, it being noted that 28 to slidably receive complemental, dovetailed tongues 30 provided at the adjacent ends of the edging strips I4.

It is to be noted that the outer surfaces of the sockets I 8, tongues 30 and strips I4 are ush with the bottom surface 3,2 of the ski, so that no protuberances are present and the use of conventional screws in the end portions of the edging strips is eliminated. Matters are so arranged that the adjacent ends of the tongues 30 in the socket I8 are normally spaced apart as indicated at 34, so that the tongues 30 may slide in the socket I 8 in both directions as required by the bending or flexing of the ski when in use.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the in- Y vention as claimed.Y

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a ski. the combination of a runner having an elongated open sided channel in a bottom longitudinal edge portion thereof. an elongated dovetailed socket having open ends and secured to the runner intermediate the ends of said channel, a set of edging strips fitted in the channel at opposite ends of said socket, dovetailed tongues provided at adjacent endsl of said strips and fitted in opposite end portions of the socket, said tongues being slidable in said socket upon flexing of the runner, and'said socket and said Ytongues having outer surfaces flush with the REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,225,293 g Bjork Dec. 17, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Germany Dec. 7, 1933 

